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Subject:Re: Stalling at stop lights
From:John Rodgers
Date:Mon, 25 Apr 2005 21:53:32 -0500

Dennis,

I don't mean to stir the pot to much, but........

My 85 GL had the 1.9L WBX with the Digifant Fuel Injection.

My Bentley clearly shows on page 24.31 Fig 24-115 wiring harness to the
idle stabillizer for the Digifant FI system on the 1.9L WBX.

Also, page 24.46 Fig. 24-182 clearly shows the idle stabilizer control
valve.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver.

Dennis Haynes wrote:

>85 1.9 does not have an idle stabilizer valve. Idle stabilization is
>done by advancing the ignition timing.
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>Dennis
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
>Of John Rodgers
>Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 12:05 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Stalling at stop lights
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>With the engine warm, diusconnect the idle stabilizer valve. Drive it a
>bit and see what happens.
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>I had an 85 GL with 1.9L WBX and it did exactly what you are talking
>about. I did the test. it was the valve.
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>John Rodgers
>88 GL Driver
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>John Schaper wrote:
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>>84 1.9L westphalia, manual transmission.  Relatively (less than 5K
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>>new valves and heads.  Its been running great with an idle RPM of
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>>1,000.  But over the weekend, while stopped at stop lights,  over the
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>>of 20-30 seconds, the rpm's decline, engine runs rough, engine dies.
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>Vacuum
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>>lines new and connected. What else might I look for?
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>>John Schaper
>>Assistant Director Ancillary Services
>>Health Services Agency
>>P.O. Box 3271
>>Modesto, CA 95353
>>209.558.7102
>>209.558.8320 (fax)
>>jschaper@schsa.org
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